The Edge of Silence : In Search of the Disappearing Sounds of Nature showing how other living beings

showing how other living beings - asters and goldenrod

Blending nature writing

and rock pools teeming with life along the coast

they endure one of the longest mammalian migrations on the planet

The Edge of Silence : In Search of the Disappearing Sounds of Nature showing how other living beingsAcclaimed nature writer Neil Ansell has suffered from progressive hearing loss his whole life. As his world is becoming ever more silent, he suddenly hears something quite unexpected, the haunting call of the great northern diver. It is this extraordinary experience which makes him realise that there might still be remarkable sounds in nature within his reach, if he can only find himself in the right place at the right time. This moving book charts